Parker, Robert B., 1932-
Double play / Robert B. Parker. - New York : Putnam's, c2004. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Pub Weekly Kirkus Starred
Joseph Burke, physically and emotionally wounded in World War II, finds hope and healing during a season spent serving as bodyguard to Jackie Robinson in 1947, the year Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.
Adult
0399151885 (alk. paper)
2004040029
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.
African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
PS3566.A686 / D68 2004
813/.54
Double play / Robert B. Parker. - New York : Putnam's, c2004. - 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Pub Weekly Kirkus Starred
Joseph Burke, physically and emotionally wounded in World War II, finds hope and healing during a season spent serving as bodyguard to Jackie Robinson in 1947, the year Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball.
Adult
0399151885 (alk. paper)
2004040029
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.
Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972 --Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.
Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--Fiction.
African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
African American baseball players--Fiction.
Baseball players--Fiction.
Race relations--Fiction.
Bodyguards--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
PS3566.A686 / D68 2004
813/.54